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Firefox starting too many instances when launched

Every time I launch Firefox it creates 12-13 instances of Firefox along with one each for Chrome and Console. I don't need that many instances. Typically I have no mor… (read more)

Every time I launch Firefox it creates 12-13 instances of Firefox along with one each for Chrome and Console.

I don't need that many instances. Typically I have no more than 3-4 tabs open.

Is there a Configuration setting that I can change to reduce the number of instances to 5 and greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to launch.

I am running Windows 10 Pro V21H2 at current update level. I have a custom made tower with 512GB SSD and a Core2 Duo processing running at 2.93 GHz with 8 GB Ram. Firefox is V17.0.1.

Asked by silverfox2 1 year ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 1 year ago

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Frequent crashes (FD exhaustion?) in Firefox 107 & 108 (via snap) on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

For the past month or so, I've been experiencing frequent Firefox crashes. They most often happen when I've just opened a page in a new tab, it's painted, and I make the… (read more)

For the past month or so, I've been experiencing frequent Firefox crashes.

They most often happen when I've just opened a page in a new tab, it's painted, and I make the first input trying to interact with it: all tabs will stay rendered and viewable, but otherwise unresponsive. But now they're also happening when Firefox is in the background. The frequency is about once or twice per day, with heavy use.

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) with all packages up to date, the linux-oem-22.04 kernel package (currently 5.17.0-1025-oem), and Firefox installed via snap. The crash reports contain full details, of course, but the only thing I can think of that's especially "unusual" is that the 1Password extension has been misbehaving for a while (but it's been since long before these crashes began).

My system has 64GB of RAM, which is rarely more than 15% in use.

The only maybe-relevant Bugzilla bug I've found so far is: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1685642

Crash report IDs: bp-a3753677-5688-4033-a07a-118d80230103 bp-62703edd-f2a4-43c6-99bc-534090230103 bp-2d3d4bc5-a6d5-4c40-97dc-4243d0230103 bp-12fde33c-d116-4260-bd03-2f20c0230103 bp-b9cd92ec-9ba2-48ce-9865-24f480230103 bp-2b3e7f19-b849-4925-b615-c91f80230103 bp-2e8f2547-1c48-4108-b1ad-08fc70230103 bp-81d5c506-56d3-44fc-960c-6dd290230103 bp-2b743b56-63e8-4af8-9fc2-4d22b0230103 bp-a22058c8-6a01-4fd6-962f-2ad060230103 bp-8c295841-be88-4c11-a2c4-03e840221231 bp-dd558f7e-07a6-403a-89e2-c77bc0221231 bp-f3fad425-96ac-49dc-8761-584ef0221231 bp-6d0cd222-79f1-4018-bfed-4e3b10221231 bp-3737010b-6643-498a-ae2d-058b00221231 bp-e5075232-14c2-4c2e-8eb5-485bf0221231 bp-63dd2f58-9999-4dbd-a72f-e7a520221231 bp-771344f7-1c3c-4b93-99ed-24fb10221231 bp-5608cb88-4378-4cb7-b1c9-dd7630221231 bp-b3f2900f-9003-4497-9ba9-5678f0221228 bp-05c9684b-ec01-4281-8418-722cb0221224 bp-5e2a5302-5b3f-4c49-8441-bdfc00221212 bp-1464836e-5cff-447b-a6f1-5ad9f0221120 bp-e96f8a88-9499-4d84-87aa-559a90221120

Asked by James Renken 1 year ago

Last reply by RachelGomez161999 1 year ago

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Website getting pinned automatically on Firefox Ubuntu

A certain website (flixbus.com) is getting pinned on my firefox automatically. I have unpinned it several times but after few seconds, it gets pinned again. It's driving … (read more)

A certain website (flixbus.com) is getting pinned on my firefox automatically. I have unpinned it several times but after few seconds, it gets pinned again. It's driving me nuts. I even cleared all my cookies but it didn't help.

Asked by justarandomusername 1 year ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 year ago

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Elements take very long to load after clicking on them

To Whom It May Concern, when browsing on certain websites, some elements take very long to load. Here is an example of the issue: https://puu.sh/J3hYt/1c315cc64a.mp4 On… (read more)

To Whom It May Concern,

when browsing on certain websites, some elements take very long to load. Here is an example of the issue: https://puu.sh/J3hYt/1c315cc64a.mp4

On other browsers such as Google Chrome these elements load instantly after clicking on them.

I have uninstalled all addons and accepted all cookies, I also tried to disable hardware acceleration, all to no avail.

Best regards,

wuqd

Asked by wuqd 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Words are showing up as random letters and symbols on numerous sites

I use Firefox on my Mac. Since updating to the OS Ventura, I now see many words on different sites, as well as numbers, show up as things like zzjk{d instead of saying br… (read more)

I use Firefox on my Mac. Since updating to the OS Ventura, I now see many words on different sites, as well as numbers, show up as things like zzjk{d instead of saying brett. This happens on my ebay site, my american express site which I cannot see any numbers of transactions cost since all the numbers show up as (d9 f for example. Something is not working correctly. I checked and and up to date with all firefox updates. Safari works perfect on all sites so this is a Firefox issue. See attached for how some areas on eBay look. Not all words are like this, some are still english spelling correctly. But some pages like this support page are completely unrecognizable but works correctly on Safari.

Asked by brettbarentine 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Podcasts won't play; "This page is slowing your browser." ; generally, my laptop is slower and slower when using Firefox.

Podcasts from Vox news won't play at all. No problem with MS Edge. This is not a new problem. Again and again I see 'This page is slowing your browser'. Then I have t… (read more)

Podcasts from Vox news won't play at all. No problem with MS Edge. This is not a new problem.

Again and again I see 'This page is slowing your browser'. Then I have to close the page.

Generally, during the last month or so my laptop works more slowly under Firefox.


"This page is slowing your browser." ;  generally, my laptop is slower and slower when using Firefox

Asked by brant_peg 1 year ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 year ago

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Scrolling on facebook

I have a problem with facebook.com, and scrolling at this site. With my add-ons from firefox, when I scrolling facebook.com, my lenovo ideapad have black. Then I must res… (read more)

I have a problem with facebook.com, and scrolling at this site. With my add-ons from firefox, when I scrolling facebook.com, my lenovo ideapad have black. Then I must restart system. Today try scrolling facebook on microsoft edge, and I don't have any problems. Then I try with my firefox, without any add-ons, and problem fixed. Did any add-ons doing problems with scrolling facebook? This is my add-ons instaled list: - OpenH264 Video Codec Cisco Systems Inc., instaled from firefox; - Widevine Content Decryption Module, instaled from google; - MozillaFirefox black theme from Sinine; - AdBlock;

Can You answer me? [email removed from public]

BTW Sorry for my english... I'm not speak with english...

Asked by sylwester4 1 year ago

Last reply by Terry 1 year ago

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I seem to have lost everything

Somehow I seem to have lost everything from my Yahoo pages. Sent, Archive, Deleted are all empty. There should be a mass of stuff in there. I was looking through Setti… (read more)

Somehow I seem to have lost everything from my Yahoo pages. Sent, Archive, Deleted are all empty. There should be a mass of stuff in there. I was looking through Settings and may have accidentally clicked on something I shouldn't have. I was not intending to change anything. I guess I can't recover anything but I want to get it back as it was so whatever happens from now is saved in the right place.

What do I need to do to achieve this? You just can't guess the mass of stuff that has disappeared. A lot of it irreplaceable. Thanks in advance. Mike

Asked by Dorsetdrover 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Auto scrolling when on facebook.

I've been using firefox desktop pretty much since its inception. Despite numerous updates, for well over a year it has been auto scrolling when on facebook and I have t… (read more)

I've been using firefox desktop pretty much since its inception. Despite numerous updates, for well over a year it has been auto scrolling when on facebook and I have tried every fix it to no avail (I'm highly computer literate and to me, this is now nuts). Note. My android mobile has never done it. I am at the end of my tether and am now looking at moving to another browser due to the frustration. I've gone through all the forums and note there are hundreds (if not thousands) of people with the same problem. Why can you not fix this and is there a fix? I don't want to, but I will move to another browser if I cannot get a satisfactory answer. Regards, Paul Mack. [email removed from public]

Asked by QG Media 1 year ago

Last reply by Terry 1 year ago

Recently saved bookmarks do not display

When I access bookmarks using the manager/editor I see all bookmarks. However when I try to use bookmarks from the dropdown in the toolbar, I only see some bookmarks. I… (read more)

When I access bookmarks using the manager/editor I see all bookmarks. However when I try to use bookmarks from the dropdown in the toolbar, I only see some bookmarks. I think it's the newer bookmarks that are missing but not certain.

Asked by tgvuncanon 3 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 months ago

Downloading

Dear Community, I am trying to download a large file. Am on a course, and the main tutor has given the group a file to download. Have tried downloading this 5 times, b… (read more)

Dear Community,

I am trying to download a large file. Am on a course, and the main tutor has given the group a file to download. Have tried downloading this 5 times, but get little luck. The file that I would want to download is 8.5GB, and the furthest I get is about 4GB.

I have 2 questions about this.

1) I seem to have a very 'in and out internet connection. It seems to go down at times for no reason, cutting off the download. Is there anything I could do about this? How could I troubleshoot this, please? 2) Does anybody know of any special tools that I can use to download in a more efficient manner, please? Perhaps an extension for Firefox might be able to do this, perhaps? Kind Regards to Anyone Answering this Query, Marek

Asked by MAREK_WES 5 months ago

Last reply by Terry 5 months ago

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password not being invoked for BCBSfepvision.com site

When I created my account FF did not prompt me for the login information. When I return to the site FF does not respond to the login request. I have been using FF for y… (read more)

When I created my account FF did not prompt me for the login information. When I return to the site FF does not respond to the login request. I have been using FF for years and never had it not respond to login request. I do not receive any errors

Asked by Mike 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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google calendar has headings that are impossible to read but only on Firefox

google calendars does not work well on Firefox. the headings become garbled and print over themselves. this problem does not occur on chrome . it doesn't doesn't seem t… (read more)

google calendars does not work well on Firefox. the headings become garbled and print over themselves. this problem does not occur on chrome . it doesn't doesn't seem that there are any settings that make any sense or come close to a change. So far my search has not brought up any answer or even a similar question. Maybe I'm looking wrong but any help would be greatly appreciated. vb

Asked by Victor 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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AVG Internet Security 2022

I have no problem with anything with Firefox browser for many years until I just installed AVG Internet Security 2022 last 2 weeks ago into my PC Desktop with Win 10. Ev… (read more)

I have no problem with anything with Firefox browser for many years until I just installed AVG Internet Security 2022 last 2 weeks ago into my PC Desktop with Win 10. Everything is fine but I have a little problem with Firefox browser 107 with Google search engine. It only once Google page and then it wont let me click anything on with each links and just pause same page. I called AVG and they said dont know why. When I turn AVG off and it works normal fine with Google page. Other Chrome browser works fine with AVG on . I can click any website thru Firefox browser except Google page. It something with Firefox on Google page is only problem issues. Please help. Sorry I am not good English grammar.

Asked by Deafrocks 1 year ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 year ago

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Firefox now saves files in Download folder in spite Settings set to prevent this

Hackers will be very happy now that Firefox automatically download their malware and backdoors. Thanks to Firefox, hackers will be able to infect millions of world comput… (read more)

Hackers will be very happy now that Firefox automatically download their malware and backdoors. Thanks to Firefox, hackers will be able to infect millions of world computers and install ransomware and make havoc i financial, health, and other industries. Firefox will forever be praised by cybercriminals of the world.

Asked by bkoprivi 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago